Patents by Inventor Kay Opperman

Kay Opperman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dialysis devices and sensor caps and systems and methods incorporating the same
    Patent number: 11958016
    Abstract: Dialysis devices include a frame defined by a plurality of sidewalls that are impermeable to a sample being dialyzed, a pair of dialysis membranes that are each associated with an opposing face of the plurality of sidewalls such that the plurality of sidewalls and the pair of dialysis membranes define a sample chamber, an outer shell surrounding at least a portion of the pair of dialysis membranes, and a cap selectively associated with the sample chamber. The cap can be selectively associated with the sample chamber via an attachment mechanism that is configured to provide aural and/or haptic feedback when the cap forms a tight association with the sample chamber. The cap can be a sensor cap having one or more probes for measuring at least one property of fluid inside and/or outside the sample chamber and a transmitter for transmitting data captured at the probe(s) to a destination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Pierce Biotechnology, Inc., Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kay Opperman, Barbara Kaboord, Aaron McBride, Greg Nagy, Sandro Klein, Joanna Geddes
  • DIALYSIS DEVICES AND SENSOR CAPS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200000992
    Abstract: Dialysis devices include a frame defined by a plurality of sidewalls that are impermeable to a sample being dialyzed, a pair of dialysis membranes that are each associated with an opposing face of the plurality of sidewalls such that the plurality of sidewalls and the pair of dialysis membranes define a sample chamber, an outer shell surrounding at least a portion of the pair of dialysis membranes, and a cap selectively associated with the sample chamber. The cap can be selectively associated with the sample chamber via an attachment mechanism that is configured to provide aural and/or haptic feedback when the cap forms a tight association with the sample chamber. The cap can be a sensor cap having one or more probes for measuring at least one property of fluid inside and/or outside the sample chamber and a transmitter for transmitting data captured at the probe(s) to a destination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kay Opperman, Barbara Kaboord, Aaron McBride, Greg Nagy, Sandro Klein, Joanna Geddes
  • Modified nucleotides
    Patent number: 8536323
    Abstract: Modified nucleotides, and methods to modify nucleotides with a moiety or label, such as biotin, that permits their detection and results in a modified nucleotide, and methods of use of the modified nucleotide in quantitative and qualitative assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kay Opperman, Barbara J. Kaboord, Jean-Samuel Schultz, Christopher L. Etienne, Greg Hermanson
  • MODIFIED NUCLEOTIDES
    Publication number: 20110262917
    Abstract: Modified nucleotides, and methods to modify nucleotides with a moiety or label, such as biotin, that permits their detection and results in a modified nucleotide, and methods of use of the modified nucleotide in quantitative and qualitative assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: PIERCE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kay Opperman, Barbara J. Kaboord, Jean-Samuel Schultz, Christopher L. Etienne, Greg Hermanson